Most voters in Mississippi will have no choice this year when it comes to who represents them in the state House and Senate
FILE - Mississippi Sen. Dean Kirby, R-Pearl, speaks during debate, March 29, 2022, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Kirby is unopposed in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election, as he has been in most elections since he first won office in 1991. JACKSON, Miss. — — After being in office for over a decade, Mississippi state Sen. Dean Kirby got challenged in the Republican primary. He won with 70% of the vote.
“I think people are happy with the state and the way things are going,” Kirby, Mississippi's Senate president pro tem, said in explaining the lack of challengers.for state legislative seats. New research suggests the reasons are more complex than mere voter satisfaction with incumbents. It also raises questions about the ability of American voters to hold their elected representatives accountable.
In Mississippi, the percentage of legislative seats with no major-party opposition in the general election has risen steadily from 63% in 2011 to 85% this year. The percentage with no Republican or Democratic challengers in either the primary or the general election has grown from 45% to 57% over that same time, according to data compiled for The Associated Press by Ballotpedia, a nonprofit organization that tracks elections.
The DLCC is spending a few thousand dollars this year on several legislative races in the largely uncompetitive Republican-leaning states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It's spending about $100,000 in Democratic-controlled New Jersey, one of just four states with legislative elections this year. But it expects to spend about $2.5 million on legislative races in Virginia.
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